hile the unemployment rate is much lower for college graduates (7.2%) than for those without a college degree (19.5%), this is seen as a paradox because __________.

A) college graduates have no more institutional assistance for successful job searches than do non-college graduates
B) many college graduates are underemployed and have taken jobs that would typically be filled by people without college degrees
C) many college graduates have a great deal of difficulty finding work and go to graduate school instead
D) in many jobs, management is made up of workers without degrees who are supervising young people in lesser jobs who do have a college degree


B) many college graduates are underemployed and have taken jobs that would typically be filled by people without college degrees

Sociology

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A) experience very few situations as potentially problematic B) lack the natives' knowledge of shared realities C) are not aware of things unnoticed by the natives D) are typically treated as equals with natives

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Which of the following is an important reason why sociologists have a difficult time when studying family violence?

a) The family is the most cherished and intimate social institution in our lives. b) Too few people today belong to formal families. c) The great diversity of family life makes studying family violence too difficult. d) The family is too private to study sociologically.

Sociology

Although Maria and Juan, a young Mexican American couple, have formed a nuclear family, they enjoy their relationships with parents and relatives and interact with them on a daily basis. This is an example of

A. machismo. B. familism. C. a domestic partnership. D. homogamy.

Sociology

Given the following patterns for a Guttman scale on life satisfaction, the coefficient of reproducibility is: VARIABLES HEALTH HOBBIES CITY Number of Cases A + + + 100 B + + - 75 C + - - 50 D - - - 25

a. 1.00 b. .95 c. .90 d. .85 e. cannot compute from the information given

Sociology